Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Gallivan
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided April 15, 2004No. 6:04-cv-06084PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Teddy Lewis, an inmate of the Wende Correctional Facility, has filed this pro se action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Docket No. 1) and has both requested permission to proceed in forma pauperis and filed a signed Authorization (Docket No. 2). Plaintiff claims that the defendants, Erie County Sheriff Patrick M. Gallivan, Erie County District Attorney Frank J. Clark, and the Erie County Municipal Corporation, violated his constitutional rights by failing to prosecute Correctional Officers Bartel and K. Briggs for…
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